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Scrittura Third Thursday Prompt

Sally A Mortemore in Scrittura · 2026-07-04 13:31 · 471 claps · 0.6 min read paywalled
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Scrittura Third Thursday Prompt

Gloomy Day, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlands) 1565

Gloomy Day, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlands) 1565

trees paint the sky an angry charcoal humanity re-reaching for another nullifying barrel load of fear to stagger home the storm still raging for a woman kneels her victories drowned by petticoats a river on the rise to drown them all in tears

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Thank you so much for reading 🙏

In reply to Ann Marie Steele’s prompt:

[embed]Gloomy Day Scrittura Third Thursday Promptmedium.com

And if you are very eagle-eyed you might spy a much younger me in the below video dressed in white petticoats …

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